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Kenny’s Animal Classes!. 2011-30 th -05. What are the 6 animal classes? Reptiles: Crawling animals that are cold blooded and lay eggs. Amphibians: Animals that could live in water and land. Invertebrates: Animals with no backbone. Vertebrates: Animals with backbone. Mammals:
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Kenny’s Animal Classes! 2011-30th-05
What are the 6 animal classes? • Reptiles: • Crawling animals that are cold blooded and lay eggs. • Amphibians: • Animals that could live inwater and land. • Invertebrates: • Animals with no backbone. • Vertebrates: • Animals with backbone. • Mammals: • Animals that lay babies . NOT EGGS Feeds young milk. • Birds: • A creature that is covered with feathers and has 2 wings an has 2 legs.
Why Have They Been Grouped This Way? • In the ancient times people had known that there too many different types of animals in the world. So they grouped the animals into various different types of classes such as: Reptiles, Amphibians, Invertebrates, Vertebrates, Mammals and Birds.
What is different about each of the classes? • Reptiles: Animals that have cold blood and skin covered in scales, and that lays eggs. Snakes, crocodiles and turtles are all reptiles. • Amphibians: Any animals that can live both on land and in water. Amphibians have cold blood and skin without scales. Frogs, toads and newts are all amphibians. • Invertebrates: Animals with no backbone. For example a worm does not have any back bone in its body. • Vertebrates: Any animals with a backbone, including all mammals, birds and fish. • Mammals: Any creature that lays babies, not eggs, and feeds its young on milk. Cows humans and whales are all mammals. • Birds: A creature that is covered with feathers and has 2 wings and 2 legs. Not all birds can fly.
REPTILES KEY FACTS: Cold Blooded, Skin Covered in Scales, Lay Eggs
Amphibians KEY FACTS: Live On Land and Water, Have Cold blood, Skin Without Scales
Invertebrates KEY FACTS: No Backbones,
Vertebrates KEY FACTS: Has Backbones,
Mammals KEY FACTS: Has Babies, Feeds Milk to Young
Birds KEY FACTS: Covered with Feathers, Two Wings, Two legs